The purpose of this course is to educate and train professionals who are experts in providing help to organizations and companies regarding any area of human resources management, one of the functional areas of leadership counselling.

In this course, besides laying a sound theoretical and methodological foundation, students will acquire up to date methods and techniques of strategy building, change management, personnel work and human resources management. Great emphasis is laid on specific aspects of organizational and social psychology relevant to the objectives listed.

In accordance with European tendencies special attention will be paid to career-planning and counselling, and a major discipline is devoted to equal opportunity and the treatment of disadvantaged groups. According to the tradition of this faculty students will also deal with employment policy, adult education as well as the interdependence of education and the workforce market.

From among the practical skills trained the abilities of counselling and conflict management should especially be pointed out. The curriculum also arranges for a compulsory professional field practice, where skills and knowledge acquired may be applied and deepened in practice.

Major subjects

Organizational Psychology

The Method of Counselling

The Operation of HR Organizations

Career Guidance

Theory of Human Resources Counselling

Practice of Human Resources Counselling

Application procedure: All applicants should take an oral entrance exam from one of the following topics:

Education and equal treatment

Psychological aspects of defining personality

Adult education and labor market

The role of Human Resources Management in an organization

The sociological impacts of new communicational technologies

The socio-economic environment of labor-market.

The applicant should be able to summarize the major statements of the chosen topic and to form an opinion – even critical – regarding the subject in question. The planned date of the oral exam is 15th December, each year, and is supported by IT applications (Skype).

The decision about the application will be posted until 20th of December each year, with which applicants can contact the Hungarian Embassy and apply for a visa.

Application file should contain the following documents:

Application form (please download the form at the bottom of this page)

Two passport-size photographs

Copy of passport

CV in English

Copy of certificate of BA degree (officially attested English translation)

Voucher of payments (100 EUR application fee)

Please submit your application file to:

University of Pécs Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development,